| Coronado 15 | |
| Designer: | Frank V. Butler |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1968 |
| No Built: | 3800 |
| Builder: | Catalina Yachts |
| Role: | Sailing dinghy |
| Crew: | two |
| Draft: | 3.67feet with centerboard down |
| Displacement: | 3850NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 15.33feet |
| Beam: | 5.67feet |
| Keel Type: | centerboard |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Total: | 139square feet |
| D-Pn: | 91.7 |
| Successor: | Catalina 14.2 |
The Coronado 15 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Frank V. Butler as a one-design racer and first built in 1968.[1] [2] [3]
The design was built by Catalina Yachts in the United States starting in 1968. The company built 3,800 examples of the design, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [4]
The Coronado 15 is a recreational planing sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with black anodized aluminum spars. The mast is flexible and supported by stainless steel standing rigging. The hull has a spooned plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. It displaces 3850NaN0. The boat is self-draining and has flotation added, making it unsinkable.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 3.67feet with the centerboard extended and 4inches with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[1]
For sailing the design is equipped with hiking straps, a trapeze, an outhaul, boom vang, a high-mounted boom and a mainsheet traveler. It has a storage compartment under the foredeck, equipped with a hatch for access. A binnacle with a compass was a factory option, as was a "kick-up" rudder design and sail windows in the mainsail and jib.[3]
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 91.7 and is normally raced by a crew of two sailors.[3]